haphe

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

hăphē (aphē), ēs, f., = ἁφή (a touching, handling; hence), the yellow sand with which wrestlers, after being anointed, were sprinkled.

I Lit.: flavescit haphe, Mart. 7, 67, 5.—

II Transf., the dust of a road , Sen. Ep. 57, 1.